What's worse than death?
Watching the suffering it brings to those you love. Watching my mom suffer & struggle over the thought of her mother's passing.
To watch a heart break & be helpless to mend it is a terrible feeling. Although, I know it's a feeling that's all too familiar to God. That helpless feeling & then death. Jesus suffered & died to save us & to fulfill every covenant & prophecy, but what could God do in all of it? Simply release Him. Release Him to His purpose.
In a lot of ways I have to release my mom to her struggle & heartache. I sadly cannot take it from her, but I can be a shining light in the meantime. I can encourage & point her to Christ & true peace. Peace beyond understanding & beyond this world. We are never meant to forget people or forget pain, but we aren't meant to dwell in it. We can let those feelings of sadness & hurt propel us forward into the many things God has for us ahead. Using that energy to positively impact those that might be in the same situations & to inspire others with the sweet memories of that person's life, accomplishments & legacy of love.
I hate sitting around & just watching things happen. Just watching people feel the weight of their own burdens, but this is a lesson in patience for me. We are not able to fix the world or mend the broken hearts, only Christ can do that. I just point people in the right direction, & guide them to the light.
Sheesh, death is just a dumb thing isn't it?! God knew that, & He tried to save us from it originally. But now that it's a part of our lives, we should strive to impress the importance of eternity. The importance of loving here & now. The importance of lifting up the One who overcame it all.
-Kristen
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Death & All His Friends
Death is an uncomfortable concept for all of us. Believers or nonbelievers. It was something that was never truly meant for us. God's original intent for our lives was for eternity. That's why we find death to be such a foreign concept, because it's something we'll never be used to understanding.
My grandmother was such a wonderful person, & as I thought about her life these past couple days since her death, I have been inspired & encouraged. To live a life as selflessly as she did is something any God-fearing person can only dream of. I know she wasn't one to attend church or to talk about God, but if your favorite songs are hymns, then I think that speaks a lot about the content & quality of your heart. She was always the first to support me financially in my missional endeavors, encourage me in words & bless me in letters. I never doubted her love for me or my family, but most of all, I never doubted her love for my mother. An incredible woman can only raise an incredible woman.
I love thinking of the ways I can represent my grandmother's life by the ways I choose to take care of my own family one day. I will choose to lead a life in legacy of those who have gone before me & inspired me. So many amazing women & people who have made me who I am today. God is just good like that you know. My music, my ministry, my life is a reflection of that. To know that my grandmother's last breaths were taken while listening to a song I was blessed to write for her just humbles me to my core. God works, moves, & empowers apart from our selfish human ways. And he uses our every heart song to change lives & grant perspective. I hope & pray that she will live on in my heart, my song, & my every deed.
Gran Gran, we celebrated your departure on the day of your arrival, & we will always miss you. But I know "it will only be a while." Fly with Christ.
-Kristen
My grandmother was such a wonderful person, & as I thought about her life these past couple days since her death, I have been inspired & encouraged. To live a life as selflessly as she did is something any God-fearing person can only dream of. I know she wasn't one to attend church or to talk about God, but if your favorite songs are hymns, then I think that speaks a lot about the content & quality of your heart. She was always the first to support me financially in my missional endeavors, encourage me in words & bless me in letters. I never doubted her love for me or my family, but most of all, I never doubted her love for my mother. An incredible woman can only raise an incredible woman.
I love thinking of the ways I can represent my grandmother's life by the ways I choose to take care of my own family one day. I will choose to lead a life in legacy of those who have gone before me & inspired me. So many amazing women & people who have made me who I am today. God is just good like that you know. My music, my ministry, my life is a reflection of that. To know that my grandmother's last breaths were taken while listening to a song I was blessed to write for her just humbles me to my core. God works, moves, & empowers apart from our selfish human ways. And he uses our every heart song to change lives & grant perspective. I hope & pray that she will live on in my heart, my song, & my every deed.
Gran Gran, we celebrated your departure on the day of your arrival, & we will always miss you. But I know "it will only be a while." Fly with Christ.
-Kristen
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